Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-11
GRADUATION EXERCISES.

Twenty Young Ladies Receive Diplo-
 mas at the WeIch Training School
 The Exercises-Kssays ESead-Address
 by Secretary Htne.
 The graduating exercises at the Welch training school took place yesterday under very suspicious circumstances. There are twenty young ladies who have been taking regular course of training at this school. At 9:30 o'clock began the exercises in the vari- ous rooms in the presence of large number of people. The exercises showed what the teachers IaJd-do with their pupils. There
 methods" yesterday 11er which the pupil
 gins the first week in May, and in the rafutheiJT- June, with pupils they have had but six weeks, they are expected to give satisfactory ex complication of methods. The scholastic ! and naturally seems to begin in September, ! having have ever seen the advantage of school it saumence in May, and in this
 The exercisegather disadvantage.
 l ed by Miss Platt, koom No. 3 were conduct l Miss Kinsella, Miss Rabcock, Miss White, l Miss Klock and Miss Daf, Miss Church,
 Miss Hyde, Miss White and Miss Hughes, conducted the exercises in rooms Kinsella 1 teachers in No. were Miss Atwa3. The Judson and Miss Platt. In No we. Miss | Garfield, Miss Trowbridge and Miss EAiss | and in No. 6 were Miss O'Gorman, Miss W.
 and Miss Crawford. In room No. 7 Mis- Reynolds was assisted by Miss Moves, Mis- Babcock, and Miss Johnson, in room No 8
 was assisted by Miss Conlan. The exercises
 consisted of memory selections, readings l language, motion songs, music drill ant
 other things. which were very satisfactoril, done.
 After the exercises were over and every
 body had expressed themselves as grsatl,
 pleased with them an adjournment was takei | to the hall on the third floor to listen to tn essays and music by the graduates of tn school. Among those present were: Dr Jerome Allen, editor New York School Jour
 nal Superintendent H. M. Harrington of th Bridgeport schools; D. F. Carroll principa of the State Normal school at New Britain | the Hon. James W. McAlister, superintend
 ent of the Philadelphia schools; Messrs education, and Principals Camp, Fifeld French, Whitmore and Lewis.
 Miss Wilcox, principal of the school, con | ducted the exercises. Under the direction o Prof. Benjamin Jepson the graduates sang { chorus entitled "Flag of the Free" ''Mora Training in our Schools" was the subject ot
 Miss Woodruff's essay. She said that should be- an important feature ir
 school training. The habit of self-control is \ what every teacher aims to cultivate in her pupils. A great factor in this self-control is
 the habit of punctuality. Silence is another element of self-control. The influence of a
 teacher may be very great if the teacher has ! a personal regard and interest for her pu- pills
 Miss Judson's essay was on the 'Impor-
 tance of Language Work in Primary Grades. D She spoke of the lack of accuracy of expres- ] sion being, perhaps, more general than that of any other element. Words and ideas are often associated which have no connection.
 o1a are the clements of correctness. Children learn at home great many incorrect ex- pressions before they begin to study gram mar, and thus form bad habits of speech They need to be taught daily in the schools in an orderly, systematic way the knowledge of correct forms of speech.
 Miss Atwater's essay was on "The Rela- tions of the Kindergarten to the Primary Schools" The school and the Kindergarten both desire to fit the child for practical life. The kindergarten is said to be the vestibule of the school, that it prepares the child for all that he is to learn there and provides the groundwork for the full culmination of the faculties. The work of the kindergarten is to draw out the children and associate their studies with their play and work, exciting their interest. The instinct of play which is in every child is realized by the kindergarten. The imagination, curiosity and initiative habits of the child are all drawn out and stimulated by the teacher, so that the child learns naturally and without apparent effort
 Homeward Bound, ," chorus, was then sung by the class, after which Miss Garfield read her essay on "School Management. D She said the influence of the teachers was very great; that to exert it they must enter easily into all the joys and sorrows of tba children and take an interest in all that in terests them. She said the moral infInenoa of well managed school was daily felt in the ch1ldren's 8 habit of self-control and indus try, thus training them to independence and strengthening them for the future.
 Charles D. Hine, secretary of the State board of education, made the address to the graduates for this eventful occasion. He said there can come to none of them individually more renown and honor than to take A nart in the work of teaching He said great many young ladies wanted both, Their claim to good wages is their training. It is coming to be recognized that teachers who have had just such training as you have had are worth more money than those who have net had similar advantages. It is coming also, to be believed that woman should oet as much money as man when she does the 1 same work.
 After MT. Hines address he presented the l graduates with their diplomas. They were | Edith F. Adams, May R. Atwater, Laura E. | S.Louise Garfield, Carrie L. Church, Rose Conlan, Bessie l.. Crawford Maggie B. Daly, May E. Egan, Caroline | T. Hughes, Charity B. Hyde, Florence I, | Judson, Mary E. Kinsella, Jennie Klock, }. Platt, Hattie E. Trowbridge, Florence E. White, Nina Woodruff.
 James McAlister, superintendent of the public schools of Philadelphia, closed the ex- rcises of the day by delivering an able lecture t the High school to large audience. The graduating exercises of the school for this ear had ended very successfully. The work hfa Ianf nf o1G |